I excelled all in influence, although I had no more power than the others who were my colleagues in office.

Auctoritate omnibus praestiti, potestatis autem nihilo amplius habui quam ceteri qui mihi quoque in magistratu conlegae fuerunt.

Augustus

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Augustus

First Roman emperor (63 BC-AD 14). Avenger of Caesar, victor at Actium, architect of the Principate. He kept republican forms while concentrating real power, opening the Pax Romana — two centuries of peace.

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